How to identify Yellow Geiger
Identify Yellow Geiger by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Bright yellow flowers (yellow geiger).
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Cyme.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow Geiger.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cordia lutea
- Genus
- Cordia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Tree
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The undivided leaves are arranged alternately, and are 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) long, ovate to round in shape, with very finely toothed margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The undivided leaves are arranged alternately, and are 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) long, ovate to round in shape, with very finely toothed margins.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The upper side of the leaf is rough in texture but hairless;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Geiger itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“The yellow flowers are arranged in cymes and are sweetly scented.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“After fertilization, a globular white fruit (a drupe) forms, 8–12 millimetres (0.3–0.5 in) across, containing from one to four seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Geiger itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Yellow Geiger
Yellow Geiger (Cordia lutea) is a tree in the Boraginaceae family.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Yellow Geiger belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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